Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Physical Theatre: Meyerhold and Biomechanics
This course explored the practice of Meyerhold's biomechanics and studied its place in the history of physical theatre.
3 weeks, 4 hours per week
Jonathan Pitches
Professor of Theatre and Performance
University of Leeds
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explore theatre history and describe its connection with theatre practice.
- Describe factors that led to the development of actor training in the 20th Century.
- Explain the principles of theatrical biomechanics.
- Explore how the études were taught and by whom.
- Explain the safety guidelines that should be used when practicing biomechanics.
- Perform preparation exercises and apply the theory of biomechanics to practice.
- Model and summarise the six actions of the biomechanical étude, the slap.
- Explain ways of documenting the experience of biomechanics.
Syllabus
- Theatre history and its connection with theatre practice.
- The growth of actor training in the 20th Century.
- The principles of theatrical biomechanics.
- Biomechanical études; how they were taught and by whom.
- The importance of working safely in physical theatre.
- Preparation exercises and practical activities.
- The six actions of the biomechanical étude, the slap.
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Issued on 29th October 2019
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